My best friend
In study hall
Told me that they needed to tell me something
Very important
Very secret
Very sensitive
They scared the fuck out of me
My heart was beating fast
Panic set in
They wrote LGBT
Pointed to the T
And said
I am the T
I smiled and asked them their pronouns
"He/Him"
And I asked what he wanted me to call him
He said it didn't matter right now and didn't tell me
I understood
So I suggested he tell me a few days before school starts again
He said he would text me over the summer and tell me
And that he would come to school next year and that's when he would tell
The first year of high school no one needs to know that he was once a she
No one but the kids in our grade
He also told me that he really liked men
But he was like me
Mostly attracted to the same gender
But there's a handful of the other
That he is attracted to
And god fucking damn it
I'm still in love with him
So maybe I still have a chance
YOU ARE READING
Here I'll shout
PoetryIt's hard for me to speak to here I'll shout In poems About being 14 sucks Especially in a pandemic With trauma And a genetic predisposition to mental illness And a strong urge to kick your ass And I'm not the only one so sharing my story will h...
